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DEBT AND INTEREST
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
DEBT AND INTEREST  
DEBT AND INTEREST

5. DEBT AND INTEREST

Short-term Debt

The following table provides the components of the Company’s short-term debt obligations as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

March 31

December 31

(millions)

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2026

2025

Short-term debt

Commercial paper

$300.0

$100.0

Notes payable

$8.6

11.0

Long-term debt, current maturities

1,264.6

759.4

Total

$1,573.2

$870.4

Lines of Credit

As of March 31, 2026, the Company had a $2.0 billion multi-year revolving credit facility which expires in March 2030. The credit facility has been established with a diverse syndicate of banks and supports the Company’s U.S. and Euro commercial paper programs. There were no borrowings under the Company’s credit facility as of either March 31, 2026 or December 31, 2025.

Commercial Paper

The Company’s commercial paper program is used as a potential source of liquidity and consists of a $2.0 billion U.S. commercial paper program and a $2.0 billion Euro commercial paper program. The maximum aggregate amount of commercial paper that may be issued by the Company under its commercial paper programs may not exceed $2.0 billion.

The Company had $300 million and $100 million outstanding commercial paper under its U.S. and Euro commercial paper programs as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

Notes Payable

The Company’s notes payable consists of uncommitted credit lines with major international banks and financial institutions, primarily to support global cash pooling structures. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had $8.6 million and $11.0 million, respectively, outstanding under these credit lines.

Long-term Debt

The following table provides the components of the Company’s long-term debt obligations, including current maturities, as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

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Maturity

March 31

December 31

(millions)

by Year

2026

2025

Long-term debt

Public notes (2026 principal amount)

Ten year 2016 senior notes ($750 million)

2026

747.9

744.4

Ten year 2017 senior notes ($500 million)

2027

482.4

477.7

Six year 2021 senior notes ($500 million)

2027

499.3

499.1

Five year 2022 senior notes ($500 million)

2028

497.4

497.1

Three year 2025 senior notes ($500 million)

2028

497.0

496.7

Ten year 2020 senior notes ($698 million)

2030

669.5

677.5

Ten year 2020 senior notes ($600 million)

2031

571.0

572.3

Eleven year 2021 senior notes ($650 million)

2032

646.5

646.4

Ten year 2025 senior notes ($500 million)

2035

495.2

495.1

Thirty year 2011 senior notes ($389 million)

2041

385.3

385.2

Thirty year 2016 senior notes ($200 million)

2046

197.6

197.6

Thirty year 2017 senior notes ($484 million)

2047

430.1

429.6

Thirty year 2020 senior notes ($500 million)

2050

491.8

491.7

Thirty year 2021 senior notes ($850 million)

2051

840.2

840.1

Thirty four year 2021 senior notes ($685 million)

2055

544.0

543.4

Finance lease obligations and other

191.9

131.4

Total debt

8,187.1

8,125.3

Long-term debt, current maturities

(1,264.6)

(759.4)

Total long-term debt

$6,922.5

$7,365.9

Public Notes and Other

The Company’s public notes may be redeemed by the Company at its option at redemption prices that include accrued and unpaid interest and a make-whole premium. Upon the occurrence of a change of control accompanied by a downgrade of the public notes below investment grade rating, within a specified time period, the Company would be required to offer to repurchase the public notes at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase. The public notes are senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and rank equally with all other senior and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company.

One of the Company’s Chinese subsidiaries maintains a construction loan facility that provides up to 1.1 billion in Chinese Yuan (“CNY”) ($160 million) of proceeds to fund capital expenditures. This loan facility has a tenor of 13 years and is secured by certain assets of its Chinese subsidiaries. Any borrowings under this facility are included in Finance lease obligations and other in the table above.

Covenants

The Company is in compliance with all covenants under the Company’s outstanding indebtedness as of March 31, 2026.

Net Interest Expense

Interest expense and interest income recognized during the first quarter of 2026 and 2025 were as follows:

First Quarter Ended 

March 31

(millions)

2026

2025

Interest expense

$77.3

$72.6

Interest income

 

(4.6)

(14.3)

 

Interest expense, net

$72.7

$58.3

Interest expense generally includes the expense associated with the interest on the Company’s outstanding borrowings, including the impact of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements. Interest expense also includes the amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discounts, which are both recognized over the term of the related debt.

Subsequent Events

On April 10, 2026, the Company entered into a term credit agreement providing for a $4.75 billion unsecured committed delayed draw term loan credit facility, the proceeds from which may only be used to finance the pending acquisition of CoolIT Systems and to pay fees, costs and expenses related to the acquisition and the credit facility. No amounts had been drawn under the facility as of the date of this filing.